"I'm sorry."

Oh, Katyusha is all too familiar with this shrug of refusal.

"James put down all the work he was doing; He came to my house in less than an hour. He stayed with me and the kids for a week and helped us and Sarah's family with everything. Cooking and taking care of the aftermath. He even takes turns doing housework and laundry. I was paralyzed, I couldn't do anything. I think he was the one who helped me get back to my normal life. Of course, I didn't break down thanks to him. ”

Katyusha couldn't help but recall the months after her husband's death, when Martini, like Chilton, came to her aid. Katyusha is not overly sad, because there are still children to raise, but there are many times, yes, she is also about to collapse.

She understood why Hawken was so insistent.

"I'm not leaving." The man repeated firmly, "No need to ask why"

Then he hugged his wife. "But you have to go back, I want you to leave"

Lily didn't hesitate to say, "I'm not leaving, I'm going to be with you."

Katyusha noticed her eyes, there was love and satisfaction in them, and her heart beat a little, thinking: he lost his ex-wife, but he picked himself up again and found true love again.

There will be such a situation, Katyusha thought. Isn't that what you're looking for? She didn't think much about it anymore.

"All right," she reluctantly agreed, "but you must get out of here at once." Find a hotel and don't show your head. We will arrange for guards to protect you. ”

"That's fine."

Just then, a car suddenly stopped in front of the house, and there was a nervous sound of yelling. She and Caraño came to the porch.

"I see," said Albert, his voice slouching in a southern accent, "Chilton has arrived." ”

The blogger apparently heard the news and hurried over. He rushed up the steps. "What happened?" Katyusha was surprised to hear panic in his voice. She had heard anger and arrogance from it before, but she had never heard panic. "Are they alright?"

"It's all right," she said, "that Travis has been here, but Donald is fine, and his wife is fine. ”

"What happened?" The collar of the blogger's jacket is crooked.

Hawken and Lily walked out, "James!"

Chilton ran up to meet his friend and hugged him, "Are you alright?"

"It's okay, it's okay. The police arrived just in time. ”

"Did you catch him?" Chilton asked.

"Nope." Katyusha said, thinking that Chilton would definitely give them a big deal if they didn't catch the boy. He grabbed her hand and grabbed her, "Thank you." You saved them both. Thank you. ”

She nodded in confusion. Break free of his hands. Chilton then turned to Lily again, a curious smile on his face.

Katyusha speculated that they had never met. Hawken introduced them to each other, and Chilton gave Lily a warm hug.

"I'm sorry about that. I never thought it would affect you. ”

"Who would have thought?" Hawken said.

Chilton smiled remorsefully. He said to his friend: "When she first came to the Monterey Peninsula, she met a dismount, and she would not want to stay any longer." She's moving back tomorrow. ”

Lily finally smiled slightly, "If I hadn't bought these curtains, I probably would." She nodded towards the house.

Chilton laughed. She's a good talker, Donald. Why doesn't she stay and you go back to San Diego?"

"Are you worried that you won't be able to get rid of either of us?"

Chilton became serious: You must leave. Wait until everything settles down before coming back. ”

"I've been trying to persuade them to leave," Katyusha said.

"We can't go."

Chilton was about to open his mouth. But Hawken laughed and nodded at Katyusha, "We've got police approval. She agreed. We'll hide in the hotel, like Bonnie and Clyde. ”

"But"

"Don't keep saying but, man. We're here, and you can't get rid of us now. ”

Chilton was about to open his mouth to retort, but noticed that Lily was grinning wickedly. "You don't want to tell this lady what to do and what not to do, James," she said.

The blogger laughed out loud again and said, "Thank you, then find a hotel to stay here." Everything will pass in a day or two. Everything will be back to normal. ”

"I haven't seen Pat and the kids since I left, it's been three years," Hawken said.

Katyusha glanced at the blogger, and she had the impression that for the first time she saw his tender side, as if the event that almost led to tragedy had pulled him back from the distant virtual world to the real world.

His side as a fighter is gone, at least now.

She walked away and took a spin in the back so that they could continue to reminisce about the past. She was startled by the sound coming from behind the bushes. "Hello."

She looked back at David, the young police officer who had come to reinforce them.

"Officer."

He grinned, "Call me David." I heard he was hiding here. You almost caught him. ”

"Almost, if only it were a little sharper."

He was carrying a couple of worn-out metal suitcases with the words "Crime Scene Investigation Section" on one side of the county police department, "I'm sorry, I'm hard to determine what a few branches in your backyard are, it's that cross." ”

"I can't tell. Probably a coincidence. If I had pruned the branches, it wouldn't have happened, but unfortunately I didn't. ”

He glanced at her with bright eyes, "Your house is good. ”

"Thank you. It's just that the backyard is too messy. ”

"That's okay. It does look very pleasant. ”

She asked the officer, "How are you, David?" You also live in Monterrey?"

"I used to be, once had a roommate, but he was gone. I had to move to Marina. ”

"Okay, thank you for your work. I'll give you a few kind words in front of Hugh. ”

"Really, Katyusha? That's great. He said with a smile on his face.

Reinhold turned and walked away, starting to cordon the backyard. Katyusha stared at Huang? The thing in the middle of the irregular quadrilateral enclosed by ribbons: the cross inserted into the soil and the petals scattered around.

She looked up and saw the view from the mountains high above Monterrey down to the bay, and she could see the silvery-white waters in the bay.

It's a beautiful panorama.

But today, the sight is as disturbing as the terrifying mask of the devil Kitzal from Dimension Tracing.

You're somewhere in there, Travis.

Where is it? Where is it?